Ibo doll, male; carved and painted; European hair style; red and black paint or ink define features, hair, fingers, toes, band at waist (black, and dotted band from waist to hip (red) Purchased from Lagos store Conservation: Toes of left foot broken away.
Donor:
Berta Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
West Africa, Nigeria, Ibo
Culture or time period:
Igbo
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Materials:
Ink, Paint (coating), and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Dolls (figurines)
Function:
6.2 Toys, Children’s Utensils, Objects used in the Education of Children
Accession date:
June 23, 2004
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
width 3.5 centimeters, diameter 5.5 centimeters, and height 28.5 centimeters